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Gregor Benton is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. His books include Mountain Fires: The Red Army’s Three-Year War in South China and The Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora (coedited with Hong Liu and Huimei Zhang).  Hong Liu is Tan Kah Kee Endowed Professor of Asian Studies and Chair of School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His publications include China and the Shaping of Indonesia, 1949–1965 and Singapore Chinese Society in Transition.

• List of Maps and TablesForeword by Wang GungwuAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism4. Qiaopi Geography5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters ComparedConclusionsAppendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi LettersGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex

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